1syllable
jobbed
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Definitions ofjobbed
1verb
- To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
- To work as a jobber.
- To take the loss.
- To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
- (often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
Example: "We wanted to sell a turnkey plant, but they jobbed out the contract to small firms."
- To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
- To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
- To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
- To hire or let in periods of service.
Example: "to job a carriage"
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